Research on Language Acquisition in Animals

question 56

Multiple Choice

Research on language acquisition in animals

• A) supports Chomsky's assumption of a uniquely human capacity for an elaborate grammar.
• B) shows that animals can produce complex and novel sentences.
• C) shows that not even the brightest animals can comprehend language.
• D) shows that chimps are intelligent enough to comprehend and produce elaborate, human-like sentences.

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Definitions:

Pelvic Cavity

The space within the pelvis that contains reproductive organs, the urinary bladder, and the rectum.

Reproductive Organs

The organs involved in producing offspring in humans and animals, including the testes in males and ovaries in females.

Mitosis

A type of cell division that produces ordinary body, or somatic, cells; each new cell receives a complete set of paired chromosomes.

Pair of Chromosomes

Two chromosomes, one from each parent, that are alike in size, shape, and gene arrangement, constituting a matched set in a diploid cell.